Peer Reviewed Journals

2023

Lok Wing Wong†, Ke Yang †, Wei Han, Xiaodong Zheng, Hok Yin Wong, Chi Shing Tsang, Chun-Sing Lee, Shu Ping Lau, Thuc Hue Ly*, Ming Yang,* & Jiong Zhao*, Deciphering the Ultra-High Plasticity in Metal Monochalcogenides. Nature Materials (2024), 23, 196-204, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-023-01788-7

Also see research briefing : Nature Materials (2024), 23, 180-181 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-023-01789-6

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Qiang Fu#, Lok Wing Wong#, Fangyuan Zheng, Xiaodong Zheng, Chi Shing Tsang, Ka Hei Lai, Wenqian Shen, Thuc Hue Ly*, Qingming Deng*, Jiong Zhao* . Unraveling and Leveraging in situ Surface Amorphization for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media. Nature Communications 14, 6462 (2023) Unraveling and leveraging in situ surface amorphization for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media | Nature Communications 

Ping Man#, Lingli Huang#, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Ferroic Phases in Two-dimensional Materials. Chemical Reviews (2023) Ferroic Phases in Two-Dimensional Materials | Chemical Reviews (acs.org) 

Ping Man, Shan Jiang, Ka Ho Leung, Ka Hei Lai, Zhiqiang Guang, Honglin Chen, Lingli Huang, Tianren Chen, Shan Gao, Yung-Kang Peng, Chun-Sing Lee, Qingming Deng*, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Salt-induced high-density vacancy-rich two-dimensional MoS2 for efficient hydrogen evolution. Advanced Materials (2023) Salt‐Induced High‐Density Vacancy‐Rich Two‐Dimensional MoS2 for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution - Man - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library 

Quoc Huy Thi, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. New Insights into the Interactions between Two-dimensional Ice and Two-dimensional Materials. Droplet (2023, accepted) New insights into the interactions between two‐dimensional ice and two‐dimensional materials - Thi - Droplet - Wiley Online Library 

Hok Yin Wong, Lok-Wing Wong, Chi Shing Tsang, Zhangyuan Yan, Xuming Zhang, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Superhydrophobic Surface Designing for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting Aided by Intelligent Computer Vision.  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 21, 25849–25859 (2023)

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Quoc Huy Thi, Ping Man, Lingli Huang, Xin Chen, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Superhydrophilic 2D Carbon Nitrides Prepared by Direct Chemical Vapor Deposition. Small Science 2200099 (2023)

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Yanyu Lin, Zhangyuan Yan, Chi Shing Tsang, Lok Wing Wong, Xiaodong Zheng, Fangyuan Zheng, Jiong Zhao*, Ke Chen*, A Multiscale Deep‐Learning Model for Atom Identification from Low‐Signal‐to‐Noise‐Ratio Transmission Electron Microscopy Images. Small Science, 2023, 2300031

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Quoc Huy Thi, Ping Man​, Haijun Liu​, Lingli Huang, Xin Chen, Chun-Sing Lee, Jiong Zhao*, Qingming Deng*, Saba Saeed, Thuc Hue Ly* (2023) Ultrahigh Lubricity between Two-Dimensional Ice and Two-Dimensional Atomic Layers, Nano Letters, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04573

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Haijun Liu#, Quoc Huy Thi#, Ping Man, Xin Chen, Tianren Chen, Lok Wing Wong, Shan Jiang, Lingli Huang, Tiefeng Yang, Ka Ho Leung, Tsz Tung Leung, Shan Gao, Honglin Chen, Chun-Sing Lee, Min Kan, Jiong Zhao*, Qingming Deng*, Thuc Hue Ly*Advanced Materials  (2023) Controlled Adhesion of Ice – Towards Ultra‐Clean 2D Materials - Liu - Advanced Materials - Wiley Online Library

https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/using-ice-to-make-ultra-clean-2d-materials/

MIT Technology Review: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/d57CS1d_1WIJvTJs3Gpy8g

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Io, W. F., Pang, S. Y., Wong, L. W., Zhao, Y., Ding, R., Mao, J., ... & Hao, J. (2023). Direct observation of intrinsic room-temperature ferroelectricity in 2D layered CuCrP2S6. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7304.

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Wang, W., Song, Y., Ke, C., Li, Y., Liu, Y., Ma, C., ... & Ye, R. (2023). Filling the Gap between Heteroatom Doping and Edge Enrichment of 2D Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. ACS nano.17, 2, 1287

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Yuqian Zhao, Feng Guo, Sin-Yi Pang, Weng Fu Io, Lok-Wing Wong, Jiong Zhao, Jianhua Hao, Piezoelectric substrate-induced strain engineering on tuning polarized Raman spectra of crystalline black phosphorus. Appl Phys Lett, 2023, 122, 132903

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Yueying Zhang, Jiaming Li, Ke Yang, Fangyuan Zheng, Yuqing Zhou, Yuguo Zhang, Yupeng Hui, Yue-Qi Wang, Jiang Zhu, Jincheng Zhang, Yue Hao, Ming Yang, Tao Li, Jiong Zhao, Haijiao Harsan Ma, Room-temperature electric field-induced out-of-plane ferroelectric polarization in strain-free freestanding 2D SrTiO3 membranes. APL Materials, 11, 041103

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2022

Han W.#, Zheng X.#, Yang K.#, Tsang C.S., Zheng F., Wong L.W., Lai K.H., Yang T., Wei Q., Li M., Io W.F., Guo F., Cai Y., Wang N., Hao J., Lee C.S., Ly T.H.*, Yang M.*, Zhao J.* Phase-controllable large-area two-dimensional In2Se3 and ferroelectric heterophase junction, Nature Nanotechnology (2022) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-022-01257-3

Media coverage by Nature Nanotechnology, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-022-01263-5

In brief article by Nature Review Materials, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41578-022-00524-y​

repored by MIT Technology Review China, https://www.mittrchina.com/news/detail/11608

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D. Sun, L W Wong, H Y Wong, K H Lai, L Ye, X Xv, T H Ly, * Q Deng, * J Zhao*, Direct Visualization of Atomic Structure in Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Guiding Electrocatalysts Design, Angewandte Chemie (2022), online. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202216008

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202216008

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Zheng X.#, Han W.#, Yang K.#, Wong L.W., Tsang C.S., Lai K.H., Zheng F., Yang T., Liu S.P., Ly T.H.*, Yang M.*, Zhao J.*, Phase and polarization modulation in two-dimensional In2Se3 via in situ transmission electron microscopy. Science Advances (2022), 8, abo0773. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo0773

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Jin, H.#, Wong, L. W.#, Lai, K. H., Zheng, X., Lau, S. P.*, Deng, Q.*, & Zhao, J.* (2022). N‐stabilized metal single atoms enabled rich defects for noble‐metal alloy toward superior water reduction. EcoMat, e12267. Media coverage by Wiley: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/dV9eJ0rFXGCOEzPOrHXp6A 

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F. Zheng, D. Guo,L. Huang,L. W. Wong,X. Chen,C. Wang,Y. Cai,N. Wang,C.-S. Lee,S. P. Lau,T. H. Ly*,W. Ji*,J. Zhao*. Advanced Science, 2200702, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202200702

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Sin-Yi Pang, Weng-Fu Io, Lok-Wing Wong, Jiong Zhao, Jianhua Hao* (2022), Direct and in situ growth of 1T′ MoS2 and 1T MoSe2 on electrochemically synthesized MXene as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen generation, Nano Energy, 103, 107835

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Jia, H., Li, Z., Wang, B., Xing, G., Wong, Y. L., Ren, H., M. Li, K.-Y. Wong, D. Lei, L.-W. Wong, J. Zhao, W. Zhang, S. Sang, A. Jian, X. Zhang* (2022). Plasmonic Nanohole Arrays with Enhanced Visible Light Photoelectrocatalytic Activity. ACS Photonics, 9(2), 652-663.

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Lyapunov, N., Zheng, X. D., Yang, K.*, Liu, H. M., Zhou, K., Cai, S. H., T. L.Ho, C. H. Suen, M. Yang, J. Zhao*, X. Zhou*, J.Y. Dai*. (2022) A Bifunctional Memristor Enables Multiple Neuromorphic Computing Applications. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2101235.

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Xiang, C., Shen, M., Hu, C., Wong, L. W., Nie, H., Lei, H., Zhao J*, Yu, Z*. (2022). Atomistic observation of in situ fractured surfaces at a V-doped WC-Co interface. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 110, 103. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1005030221008781

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Ho, T. L., Ding, K., Lyapunov, N., Suen, C. H., Wong, L. W., Zhao, J., ... & Dai, J. Y. (2022). Multi-Level Resistive Switching in SnSe/SrTiO3 Heterostructure Based Memristor Device. Nanomaterials, 12(13), 2128.

Wang, J., Guo, X., Du, X., Liang, J., Wu, J., Zhao, G., Zhao J… & Zhu, Y. (2022). Revealing the complex lithiation pathways and kinetics of core-shell NiO@ CuO electrode. Energy Storage Materials, 51, 11-18.

Feng, X., Xu, Z., Zhao, J., Hansen, H. A., & Deng, Q. (2022). Role of macrocyclic salen-type Schiff base ligands in one-dimensional Co (II) complexes for superior activities toward oxygen reduction/evolution reactions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(63), 27000-27011.

Cheng, P. K., Ahmed, S., Qiao, J., Wong, L. W., Yuen, C. F., Saleque, A. M., Jiong Zhao, & Tsang, Y. H. et al (2022). Nonlinear optical properties of two-dimensional palladium ditelluride (PdTe2) and its application as aerosol jet printed saturable absorbers for broadband ultrafast photonics. Applied Materials Today, 26, 101296.

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2021

Man, P., Srolovitz*, D., Zhao, J.*, Ly, T. H.* (2021). Functional Grain Boundaries in Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2001742-11408. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00519

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Yang, T., Li, L. J.*, Zhao, J.*,  Ly, T. H.* (2021). Precision Chemistry in Two-Dimensional Materials: Adding, Removing, and Replacing the Atoms at Will. Accounts of Materials Research, 2(10), 863-868. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/accountsmr.1c00172

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Chen, X., Wong, L. W., Huang, L., Zheng, F., Huang, R., Lau, S. P., .Deng Q.M.*, Zhao. J.*, Ly, T. H.* (2021). Unveiling the Critical Intermediate Stages During Chemical Vapor Deposition of Two-Dimensional Rhenium Diselenide. Chemistry of Materials, 33(17), 7039-7046.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02144

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Huang, L., Zheng, F., Chen, H., Thi, Q. H., Chen, X., Liu, H., Deng Q.M.*, Zhao, J*, Ly, T. H.* (2021). Mechanical origin of martensite-like structures in two-dimensional ReS2. Communications Materials, 2(1), 1-10. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-021-00190-7

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Lingli Huang, Tiefeng Yang, Lok Wing Wong, Fangyuan Zheng, Xin Chen, Ka Hei Lai,  Haijun Liu, Quoc Huy Thi, Dong Shen, Chun-Sing Lee,Qingming Deng*, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly* (2021) Redox photochemistry on van der Waals surfaces for reversible doping in two-dimensional materials. Advanced Functional Materials,  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202009166

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Tang, G., Wang, T., Cao, J., Zhao, Z., Song, J., Liu, P., Zhao J, Yan, F. (2021). Highly stable and efficient perovskite solar cells passivated by a functional amorphous layer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(38), 21708-21715.

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T Wang, F Zheng, G Tang, J Cao, P You, J Zhao, F Yan (2021) 2D WSe2 Flakes for Synergistic Modulation of Grain Growth and Charge Transfer in Tin‐Based Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Science, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202004315

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M Liu, J Lee, TC Yang, F Zheng, J Zhao, CM Yang, LYS Lee (2021)

Synergies of Fe Single Atoms and Clusters on N‐Doped Carbon Electrocatalyst for pH‐Universal Oxygen Reduction, Small Methods, https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202001165 

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X Zhang, J Yan, F Zheng, J Zhao, LYS Lee (2021) Designing Charge Transfer Route at the Interface between WP Nanoparticle and g-C3N4 for Highly Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 119879

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Qingming Deng; Jin Han; Jiong Zhao; Guibin Chen; Tejs Vegge; Heine Anton Hansen (2020) 1D Metal-Dithiolene Wires as a New Class of bi-functional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Single-Atom Electrocatalysts, Journal of Catalysis https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.11.016

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2020

Quoc Huy Thi#, Lok Wing Wong#, Haijun Liu, Chun-Sing Lee, Jiong Zhao*, Thuc Hue Ly*. (2020) Spontaneously ordered Hierarchical Two-Dimensional Wrinkle Patterns in Two-Dimensional Materials, Nano Letters, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03819  

Lingli Huang#, Fangyuan Zheng#, Qingming Deng#, Quoc Huy Thi#, Lok Wing Wong, Yuan Cai, Ning Wang, Chun-Sing Lee, Shu Ping Lau, Manish Chhowalla, Ju Li,  Thuc Hue Ly*, Jiong Zhao*. (2020) In Situ Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Observations of Fracture at the Atomic Scale, Physical Review Letters,  125, 246102. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.246102  editor's suggestion, highlighted in Physics: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v13/193 ​ By Infomat: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/uJvXWw4wWULeh2WPQJvoZQ

And Some Chinese media highlights: https://kknews.cc/science/g44xrje.html; https://3g.163.com/dy/article/FTM0PPUF05118KMO.html

Lingli Huang#, Fangyuan Zheng#, Qingming Deng#, Quoc Huy Thi#, Lok Wing Wong, Yuan Cai, Ning Wang, Chun-Sing Lee, Shu Ping Lau, Thuc Hue Ly*, Jiong Zhao* (2020) Anomalous fracture in two-dimensional rhenium disulfide, Science Advances 6, eabc2282 (https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/47/eabc2282) reported in Chinese http://www.cailiaoniu.com/213232.html

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Fangyuan Zheng#, Lingli Huang#, Lok Wing Wong, Jin Han, Yuan Cai, Ning Wang, Qingming Deng, Thuc Hue Ly*, Jiong Zhao*. (2020) The Mobile and Pinned Grain Boundaries in Two-Dimensional Monoclinic Rhenium Disulfide. Advanced Science http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202001742  highlighted by Materialsviews: https://www.materialsviewschina.com/2020/10/49791/

Lok Wing Wong, Lingli Huang, Fangyuan Zheng, Quoc Huy Thi, Jiong Zhao*, Qingming Deng*, Thuc Hue Ly*. Site-specific electrical contacts with the two-dimensional materials. Nature Communications 11, 3982 (2020). https://rdcu.be/b58i7   highlighted by X-mol: https://www.x-mol.com/news/462228

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Zheng, F., Thi, Q. H., Wong, L. W., Deng, Q.*, Ly, T. H.*, & Zhao, J.* (2020). Critical Stable Length in Wrinkles of Two-Dimensional Materials. ACS Nano, 14(2), 2137-2144. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b08928

Zheng, F., Lam, W. C., Lai, K. H., Huang, L., Wong, L. W., Zhang, Y., Ly. T.H*. & Zhao, J*. (2020). Synchronized structure and surface tension measurement on individual secondary aerosol particles by low-voltage transmission electron microscopy. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 7, 8, 560-566. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00402

Huang, L., Thi, Q. H., Zheng, F., Chen, X., Chu, Y. W., Lee, C. S., Zhao, J.* & Ly, T. H*. (2020). Catalyzed Kinetic Growth in Two-Dimensional MoS2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 30, 13130-13135  Supplementary Cover highlighted by X-mol: https://www.x-mol.com/news/458448

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J Cao, G Tang, P You, T Wang, F Zheng, J Zhao, F Yan*. (2020) Enhanced Performance of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells Induced by Van Der Waals Epitaxial Growth of Mixed Perovskite Films on WS2 Flakes, Advanced Functional Materials 30 (38), 2002358

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SY Pang, WF Io, LW Wong, J Zhao, J Hao*, (2020) Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage Based on Robust Fluoride‐Free Self‐Assembled 1D Niobium Carbide in 3D Nanowire Network, Advanced Science 7 (10), 1903680

Ran Ding, Chun-Ki Liu, Zehan Wu, Feng Guo, Sin-Yi Pang, Lok Wing Wong, Weng Fu Io, Shuoguo Yuan, Man-Chung Wong, Michal Bartlomiej Jedrzejczyk, Jiong Zhao, Feng Yan, Jianhua Hao*, (2020) A General Wet Transferring Approach for Diffusion-Facilitated Space-Confined Grown Perovskite Single-Crystalline Optoelectronic Thin Films, Nano Letters 20 (4), 2747-2755

WF Io, S Yuan, SY Pang, LW Wong, J Zhao, J Hao, (2020) Temperature-and thickness-dependence of robust out-of-plane ferroelectricity in CVD grown ultrathin van der Waals α-In 2 Se 3 layers, Nano Research, 1-6

Shanshan Wu, Liping Huang, Yu Hou, Xin Liu, Jehan Kim, Yongri Liang, Jiong Zhao, Liwei Zhang, Hongbing Ji, Myongsoo Lee, Zhegang Huang, (2020) Catalytically-active porous assembly with dynamic pulsating motion for efficient exchange of products and reagents, Communications Chemistry 3 (1), 1-6

2019

Tang, G., You, P., Tai, Q., Yang, A., Cao, J., Zheng, F., ... & Yan, F. (2019). Solution‐Phase Epitaxial Growth of Perovskite Films on 2D Material Flakes for High‐Performance Solar Cells. Advanced Materials, 31(24), 1807689.

Deng, Q., Zhao, J., Wu, T., Chen, G., Hansen, H. A., & Vegge, T. (2019). 2D transition metal–TCNQ sheets as bifunctional single-atom catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reaction (ORR/OER). Journal of Catalysis, 370, 378-384.

2018

Thi, Q. H., Kim, H., Zhao, J., & Ly, T. H. (2018). Coating two-dimensional MoS 2 with polymer creates a corrosive non-uniform interface. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2(1), 34.

Ly, T. H., Deng, Q., Doan, M. H., Li, L. J., & Zhao, J*. (2018). Facile Doping in Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides by UV Light. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10(35), 29893-29901.

Kim, J. H., Yun, S. J., Lee, H. S., Zhao, J., Bouzid, H., & Lee, Y. H. (2018). Plasma-Induced Phase Transformation of SnS 2 to SnS. Scientific reports, 8(1), 10284.

Q Deng, QH Thi, J Zhao*, SJ Yun, H Kim, G Chen, TH Ly*, Impact of Polar Edge Terminations of the Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers during Vapor Growth, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122 (6), 3575-3581, Feb 2018

2017

SJ Yun, GH Han, H Kim, DL Duong, BG Shin, J Zhao, QA Vu, J Lee, S M Lee, Y H Lee, Telluriding monolayer MoS2 and WS2 via alkali metal scooter, Nature Communications 8 (1), 2163, 2, Dec 2017

S Lin, Y Liu, Z Hu, W Lu, CH Mak, L Zeng, J Zhao, Y Li, F Yan, YH Tsang, X M Zhang, Tunable active edge sites in PtSe2 films towards hydrogen evolution reaction, Nano Energy 42, 26-33, 7, Dec 2017

Ly TH*, H Kim, QH Thi, SP Lau, J Zhao* Superior Dielectric Screening in Two-Dimensional MoS2 Spirals, ACS applied materials & interfaces 9 (43), 37941-37946, 1, Oct 2017

S Wu, Y Li, S Xie, C Ma, J Lim, J Zhao, DS Kim, M Yang, DK Yoon, M Lee, M Yang, D K Yoon, M Lee, S O Kim, Z Huang, Supramolecular Nanotubules as a Catalytic Regulator for Palladium Cations: Applications in Selective Catalysis, Angewandte Chemie 129 (38), 11669-11672, 2, Sep 2017

H Kim, GH Han, SJ Yun, J Zhao, DH Keum, HY Jeong, TH Ly, Y Jin, Role of alkali metal promoter in enhancing lateral growth of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides, Nanotechnology 28 (36), 36LT01, Aug 2017

TH Ly*, SJ Yun, QH Thi, J Zhao*, Edge Delamination of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, ACS nano 11 (7), 7534-7541, 1, July 2017

Before May 2017

Zhao Jiong+*, Nam Honggi+, et al, "Chain vacancies in two dimensional crystals", Small 13 (2017) 1601930.

Ly Thuc Hue, Zhao Jiong*, et al, "Dynamical observations on the crack tip zone and stress corrosion of two-dimensional MoS2", Nature Communications 8 (2017) 14116 (reported by Phys.org, Nanowerk, etc.)

Ly Thuc Hue, Zhao Jiong*, et al, "Hyperdislocations in van der Vaals layered materials", Nano Letters, 12 (2016) 7807-7813.

Deng Qingming, Zhao Jiong*, "Triggering one dimensional phase transition by the defects at the graphene zigzag edge", Nano Letters, 16 (2016) 1244-1249.

Ly Thuc Hue, Zhao Jiong*, et al, “Vertically conductive MoS2 spiral pyramid”, Advanced Materials, 28 (2016) 7723-7728.

Ly Thuc Hue+, Perello David J.+, Zhao Jiong+, et al. "Misorientation-angle-dependent electrical transport across molybdenum disulfide grain boundaries" Nature Communications, 7 (2016) 10426. (Reported by Sciencedaily, Physics.org, etc.)

Zhao Jiong*, Deng Qingming, Ly Thuc Hue et al. "Two dimensional membrane as elastic shell with proof on the folds revealed by three dimensional atomic mapping", Nature Communications, 6 (2015) 8935.

Ling Tao, Zhao Jiong* et al. ''Freestanding ultrathin metallic nanosheets: materials, synthesis and application'' Advanced Materials, 27 (2015) 5396-5402.

Cho Suyeon, Kim Sera, Kim Jung Ho, Zhao Jiong, et al. "Phase Patterning for Ohmic Homojunction Contact in MoTe2", Science, 349 (2015) 625-628. (Reported by Sciencedaily, Device Technology, Physics.org, etc.)

Zhao Jiong, Deng Qingming, Gorantla Sandeep M., et al, "Free-standing single-atom thick iron membranes suspended in graphene pores", Science 343 (2014) 1228-1232. (Reported by Sciencedaily, Physicsworld, Nature Materials, Nanobiotechnology, Nanoscience, etc.)

Zhao Jiong, Deng Qingming, et al, "Direct Observation of catalytical processes and anomalous diffusion of single Fe atom on grapheme edges", Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 111 (2014) 15641-15646.

Zhao Jiong, Mehrdad Shaygan et al, "A growth mechanism for free-standing vertical graphene", Nano Letters, 14, (2014) 3064-3071.

Bachmatiuk Alicja +, Zhao Jiong+, et al "Low voltage transmission electron microscopy of graphene: A review", Small 11 (2014) 515-542.

Davami Keivan+, Shaygan Mehrdad+, Kheirabi Nazli+, Zhao Jiong+, et al, "Synthesis and characterization of vertical graphene on different substrates by radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition", Carbon, 72 (2014) 372-380.

Zhao Jiong, Yu Rong, Zhu Jing*, et al, "Kinetical faceting of low index W surfaces under electrical current", Surface Science, 625 (2014)10-15.

Zhao Jiong, Sun Hongyu, Dai Sheng, et al. "Electrical breakdown of nanowires" Nano Letters, 11(2011) 4647-4651.

Zhao Jiong, Zhu Jing*, "Electron microscopy and in situ mechanical testing of carbon nanotubes", Micron , 42 (2011) 663-679.

Zhao Jiong, He Mo-rigen, Dai Sheng, et al. "TEM observations of buckling and fracture modes for compressed thick multiwall carbon nanotubes" Carbon, 49 (2011) 206-213.(Cover)

Zhao Jiong, Huang Jiaqi, et al, "Mass transportation mechanism in electric-biased carbon nanotubes" Nano Letters, 10 (2010) 4309-4315.

Zhao Jiong, Zhu Jing, "Self flow via upwind electromigration of nanoliquid bridge", Journal of Applied Physics, 107(2010) 084308.

Zhao Jiong, Huang Zhipeng, Zhu Jing*, "A luminescence enhancement approach through Si/O nanostructure", Science in China E, 52, 5(2009)1171-1175.

Jeong Hye Yun, Jin Youngjo, Yun Seok Joon, Zhao Jiong et al. “Heterogeneous Defect Domains in Single‐Crystalline Hexagonal WS2” Advanced Materials, (2017), accepted, online published.

Li Bing, Nam Honggi, Zhao Jiong, et al. “Nanoreactor of Nickel-Containing Carbon–Shells as Oxygen Reduction Catalyst” Advanced Materials, 29 (2017), 1605083

Kim Junsuk, Kim Jaesu, Zhao Jiong, et al, “Electrical Transport Properties of Polymorphic MoS2” ACS Nano 10 (2016) 7500-7506.

Nguyen Van Luan, Perello David J, Lee Seung hun, Nai Chang Tai, Shin Bong Gyu, Kim JoongGyu, Yeol Park Ho, Jeong Hu Young, Zhao Jiong, Quoc An Vu,et al, “Wafe Scale Single Crystalline AB Stacked Bilayer Graphene”, Advanced Materials, 28 (2016) 8177-8183.

Quang Ta Huy, Bachmatiuk Alicja, Warner Jamie H, Zhao Liang, Sun Yinghui, Zhao Jiong, Gemming Thomas, et al. “Electron Driven Metal Oxide Effusion and Graphene Gasification at Room-Temperature”, ACS Nano, 10 (2016) 6323–6330.

Jeong Hye Yun, Lee Si Young, Ly Thuc Hue, Han Gang Hee, Kim Hyun, Nam Honggi, Zhao Jiong, et al. "Visualizing point defects in transition-metal dichalcogenides using optical microscopy" ACS Nano, 10 (2016) 770-777.

Han Gang Hee, Keum Dong Hoon, Zhao Jiong, et al, “Absorption dichroism of monolayer 1T′-MoTe2 in visible range” 2D Materials, 3 (2016), 031010.

Park Ji-Hoon, Choi Soo Ho, Zhao Jiong, Song Seunghyun, et al, “Thickness-controlled multilayer hexagonal boron nitride film prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition” Current Applied Physics, 16(2016) 1229-1235.

Dai Sheng, Zhao Jiong, et al., "Elastic Properties of GaN Nanowires: Revealing the influence of planar defects on Young’s modulus at nanoscale" Nano Letters 15 (2015), 8-15.

Quang Huy Ta, Bachmatiuk Alicja, Arezoo Dianat, Ortmann Frank, Zhao Jiong, et al. "In situ observations of free-standing graphene-like mono-and bilayer ZnO membranes", ACS Nano, 9 (2015) 11408–11413.

Yu Zhiyang, Luo Jian, Shi Baiou, Zhao Jiong et al, "Embedding Bamonolayers and Bilayers in Boron Carbide Nanowires", Scientific Reports, 5 (2015) 16960.

Ly Thuc Hue, Chiu Ming-Hui, Li Ming-Yang, Zhao Jiong, et al "Observing grain boundaries in CVD-grown monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides", ACS Nano, 8 (2014)11401–11408.

Gonzalez Martinez Ignacio G., Gorantla Sandeep M., Bachmatiuk Alicja, Bezugl Viktor, Zhao Jiong, et al. "Room temperature in situ growth of B/BOx nanowires and BOx nanotubes", Nano Letters, 14 (2014) 799-805.

Magdalena Ola Cichocka, Zhao Jiong, et al." In situ observations of Pt nanoparticles coalescing inside carbon nanotubes ", RSC Advances, 4 (2014) 49442-49445.

Dai Sheng, Zhao Jiong, He Mo-rigen, et al. "New Twin Structures in GaN Nanowires", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (2013) 12895-12901.

Dai Sheng, Zhao Jiong. Zhu Jing, et al., "Electron-beam-induced elastic-plastic transition and nanoshaping in silicon nanowires", Nano Letters , 12 (2012) 2379-2385.

He Mo-Rigen, Xiao Pan, Zhao Jiong, et al, "Quantifying the defect-dominated size effect of fracture strain in single crystalline ZnO nanowires", Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 12 (2011) 123504.

Ahmad Mashkoor, Pan Caofeng, Zhao Jiong, et al "Impact of Pb Doping on the Optical and Electrical Properties of ZnO Nanowires", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11, 3(2011)1950-1957.

Ahmad Mashkoor, Pan Caofeng, Zhao Jiong, et al, "Electron irradiation effect and photoluminescence properties of ZnO-tetrapod nanostructures", Materials Chemistry and Physics, 120, 2-3(2010) 319-322.

Ahmad Mashkoor, Zhao Jiong, Pan Caofeng, et al, "Ordered arrays of high-quality single-crystalline alpha-Si3N4 nanowires: Synthesis, properties and applications", Journal of Crystal Growth, 311, 20 (2009) 4486-4490.

Ahmad Mashkoor, Zhao Jiong, Iqbal Javed, et al, "Conductivity enhancement by slight indium doping in ZnO nanowires for optoelectronic applications", Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics, 42, 16 (2009) 165406.

Ahmad Mashkoor, Zhao Jiong, Zhang Fan; et al, "One-step synthesis route of the aligned and non-aligned single crystalline alpha-Si3N4 nanowires", Science in China E, 52, 1 (2009) 1-5.